Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call April 25, 2024 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Mary Winn Pilkington - SVP, Investor & Public Relations
Hal Lawton - CEO
Kurt Barton - CFO
Seth Estep - EVP, Chief Merchandising Officer

Conference Call Participants

Seth Sigman - Barclays
Simeon Gutman - Morgan Stanley
Seth Basham - Wedbush
Chris Horvers - JPMorgan
Steven Forbes - Guggenheim Partners
Steven Zaccone - Citigroup
Michael Lasser - UBS
Scot Ciccarelli - Truist
Peter Benedict - Baird
Peter Keith - Piper Sandler

Operator

Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Tractor Supply Company's Conference Call to discuss First Quarter 2024 Results. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions]

Please be advised that reproduction of this call in whole or in part is not permitted without written authorization of Tractor Supply Company. And as a reminder, this call is being recorded.

I would now like to introduce your host for today's call, Mrs. Mary Winn Pilkington, Senior Vice President of Investor and Public Relations for Tractor Supply Company. Mary Winn, please go ahead.

Mary Winn Pilkington

Thank you, Elisa and good morning everyone. Thanks for taking the time to join us today. On the call today are Hal Lawton, our CEO; and Kurt Barton, our CFO. After our prepared remarks, we'll open the call up for your questions. Seth Estep, our EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer, will join us for the question-and-answer session. Please note that we've made a supplemental slide presentation available on our website to accompany today's earnings release.

Now, let me reference the Safe Harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This call may contain certain forward-looking statements that are subject to significant risks and uncertainty, including the future operating and financial performance of the company.

In many cases, these risks and uncertainties are beyond our control. Although the company believes the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any of its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct and actual results may differ from expectations.

Important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements are included at the end of the press release issued today and in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.